Re: Bahamas2
June 02, 1998 at 19:37:08
In Reply to: Bahamas2
posted by Kenneth J. Kinkor on June 02, 1998 at 19:27:35
(cont from Bahamas 2)
''We had made a video tape to show the local officials what a good archeology job we were doing. But it was nothing more than a tape measure stretched across the hull. Then we turned the ship into something ressembling the L.A. riots.''
Kiesling was unconcerned that his remarkably frank account, from his Oregon home last week, might affect future invitations to archeology conventions.
''I mean, it was no big deal. This wasn't valuable stuff. Well, I guess some archeology graduate student would have enjoyed it.'' Kiesling paused, then added: ''Actually, someone could have used the stuff to make a little museum nearby.''
The Baltic was a two-masted, 127-foot American cargo ship caught by a hurricane midway between New York City and Galveston. The ship was loaded with British-made housewares - porcelain table place settings, pickle jars, ink wells, and mugs, to name a few. The crew anchored in a small cove on Eleuthera, then jumped shi
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